The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-08-20
THE STATE.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.

CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
This week the Bridgton News enters upon
the eighteenth year of its existence. Major
Shorey takes pardonable pride in recording
the growth of these years, but is rather too
modest in hts hopes for the future. as all the
sixteen hundred and fifty readers of his ex-
cellent paper will agree.
The cutter which Master Alpheus Packard
of Brunswick designed, and whose construc-
tion he is experimenting, having recovered
from his recent illness, excites good deal of
curiosity at Sea Point, Brunswick, for her
model is novelty in these parts; in some in
stances the criticisms passed upon her are
funny enough, and by old sailors and build
ers at that.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The late Benjamin Hill Of Manchester, af-
ter two or three small bequests, wills all his
property to Jonathan B. Gordon Of Read
field, in trust, for the support and education
of his son, Benjamin Il. Hill, the property TO
go to the son entire when he shall attain his
majority, should he at that time be compe-
tent to receive it. Mr.. Gordon is not only
named as trustee, but as executor of the
will.
The Fairfield journal reports that Billy
Mitchell, a well known character Of Water
vile, swapped horses recently. getting some
boot" with which he and his wife proceed
ed to make merry. They turned the horse
out, which strayed on to the railroad track
Billy and his wife became engaged in con-
troversy as to which was to blame for the
loss, in the midst of which they were dis
turbed by a policeman, who took them to
Jail.
The Kennebec Journal says that the latest
report is that the authorities at Washington
contemplate removing the pension agency to
New Hampshire.
The Augusta Loan and Building Associa-
tion starts out under most favorable condi-
ti0nS. The subscriptions to the stock have
been very satisfactory, which strongly argues
for its success. Many young men are taking
stock. The number of shares now taken
represent a capital Of $4,000.
Railroad Square, in Gardiner, now presents
a fine appearance. The Maine Central rail-
road has placed an ornamental fountain near
their depot, and the city has placed drink
ing fountain combined with gaslight post,
near the centre of the square.
KNOX COUNTY.
AT the Vinalhaven quarry of the Bodwell
Granite Company, workmen are getting
ready to take out a block of stone ten feet
square and 120 feet long, weighing 800 tons.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
Building operations make Damariscotta
quite business-like. A new store and sever
al new houses are going up.
Land at Pemaquid is growing rapidly high
er in price. A large number of lots are al
ready taken. The entire point and all the
land around Johns Bay is surveyed into lots.
sAGADAHoo COUNTY.
The old gentleman, Mr. True, injured by a
Maine Central train at crossing in Rich
mond, Thursday, is comfortable and may re-
cover.
The depot at the campground in Richmond
was broken into Wednesday night, and an
OyercOat belonging to the telegraph operator
was stolen. The supposed thief has been
arrested.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
There was quite remarkable reunion last
week at Skowhegan. Thirty three years ago
four men, all natives of Maine, who had
gone to California in the search after gold,
camped together in the mining town Of Co
lumbia. Tuolumn county. Two of the COM
pany, Messrs. A. M. Davis and Henry Hatch
are now residents of Idaho, another, Mr.. III.
A. Bachelor, lives at Oakland, while the
fourth, at whose home the reunion occurred,
is Mr. Calvin Eaton of Skowhegan.
YORK COUNTY.
As the noon mail train was moving from
the Biddeford depot yesterday noon, a lady
and a boy jumped from the cars. The
boy landed all right, but the lady wasthrown
violently down on the platform and came
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